Primary Pajama Party

Last night was our ward Primary Pajama Party and because we are teachers we were lucky enough to attend. It was so much fun watching the innocence of the little kids. They drew pictures of their families, decorated cookies, made ornaments and Christmas cards. We are blessed to be in such a wonderful ward!

Christmas at Disney

Andy and I decided that we would use our passes and head up to Disney for our day off to see all of the Christmas decorations. It was incredible! It was so much fun looking at all of the decorations. I realized that as many times as I have been to Disney I have not been during the holiday season for a VERY long time, I was always "too busy". It's amazing the things we take for granted when we have all the time in the world and then you get older and things become more and more important.

Utah

We were lucky to head to Utah last week and visit my family. We had a little Thanksgiving/Birthday/Christmas get together. We got there Sunday morning at about 5 am and Pepper was kind enough to let us have her bed for the week, so we went and fell asleep. Then we got up and said hello to the family. My grandparents came down to visit...YAY!!! Grandpa started radiation the next tuesday so they couldn't come down any other time. So we gave them their gifts. Hand picked Avacados and a robe. Dad also had a wonderful surprise for us. He has worked really hard to finish his play room outside. IT LOOKS INCREDIBLE!!! He hasn't finished it all the way, but wow! I am so proud of him.
Pepper set up a surprise early birthday get together for me. So some friends came over and we had cake and saw each other again. Tuesday my cousins came down to see me! It was so awesome to see all of them. It's incredible how much you miss family when you are gone. Wed we had our family Christmas party and opened some presents. Andy, Trevor, Eric and I also went shooting that morning. It was super fun!

It was a wonderful trip. A little crammed and I didn't get to spend as much time with my family or friends as I would have liked to, but I am so blessed to have so many people that love me that I can't spend enough time with them. :) It is going to be weird not being home for Christmas this year. I miss my family like crazy, but I am so lucky to have a wonderful husband and in laws that love me. All in all it was a great trip!